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IRONING PAD. APPLICATION FILED JULY, 1912.

1,054,407, Patented Feb. 25, Y1913.

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CHARLES EDWIN `HAMILTON, OF RIDGEFIELD PARK, NEW. JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T`O THE ARABOL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

IRONING-PAD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb.'25, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES EDWIN HAM- IL'roN, a citizen of the United States, and a The invention has for its object, further;

more, to provide a resilient pad which will afford a uniform resistance and require but few .of the usual cloth coverings; and which is so arranged, moreover, that movement of its upper portion is positively limited by suitable stops therein, said pad, however, readily accommodating buttons and the like. The pad, furthermore, is complete in itself, and is removable and replaceable as a whole.

The nature of the inventio-n will be best understood when described in connection with the accompanying drawin s, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan'of the pa with a portion of the cloth covering removed. Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on the line 2`2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa detail view of the springs and retainers for the same, lemployed in the pad. Fig. 4 is an end view illustrating a modification. Fig. 5 is a vertical section ,through the neck piece and a portion of the pad.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Referring now to the drawings, 10, Fig. 2, designates a bed plate, usual in ironing machines and mounted u`pon the ordinary semirotatable supporting arm 11, as is well understood. This bed plate is provided with a chamber 12 into which air is' adapted to be blown or drawn by suitable apparatus (not shown) through duct 13 in the arm 11. Perforations 14 are provided in the upper surface of the bed plate 10 and communicate with the chamber 12, the said upper surface being adapted to receive the pad- Which is made up as follows. A plurality of receptacles 15 are suitably secured to a perforated base plate 16, as by piercing the bottom of said receptacles and placing eyelets through the said perforations and also through the perforations in the base plate and then turnlng the same over. These receptacles are arranged adjacent to one another and are preferably staggered, when the circular type shown is employed, so as to leave but a small space between unoccupied. Within these various receptacles and held thereby are located Vvertical coil springs 17. The tops ofthe coil springs receive suitably perforated, removable caps 18 similar to the receptacles 15, and which, furthermore, together with the said receptacles 15, serve to maintain ,the various springs sufficiently apart to prevent their interlocking. Over the caps 18 is drawn aporous cloth 19 which may be secured to the sides of the base plate 16 as'through eyelets 16. O'n top of this porous cover is placed one or more layers 20, usually not more than two'will be required, of suitable padding material; and over this pad is laid the top ,cloth 21 upon which the article (not shown) to be ironed may be placed.

The corner springs, and perhaps a few along the sides of Vthe pad if found necessary, are each provided with a suitable stop 22, Fig. 3, located wit-hin the said springs of a predetermined height for the purpose of limiting the movement of the upper portion ofthe pad. `Tl1e height of -these stops is made such that the remaining springs may be still slightly compressed, thus leaving the remainder of the pad free to be furtherdepressed to accommodate the buttons and the like. To secure a uniform effect at the neck portion, I prefer to provide a small suitably curved angular neck piece 23, t-he top of which is perforated, several of the perforations registering with those of the caps thereunder. This piece 23 is merely laid on over the porous cloth 19 and the other pad material then placed on top.

When the pad is in use, the moisture from the articles ironed is driven through the top cloth 21, layer or layers 20 and porous cloth 19 to the resilient metal portion, where it passes through the perforations in and spaces between the caps, through the springs and then out through the receptacles and the base plate, and finally through perforations 14 into the chamber 12 from which it is removed. evaporates directly from the springs etc.; and, Where no provision is made in the bed plate for an air connection, the same may be made directly to the sides of thepad, as for example, to eyelets 19 in the porous cloth 19, as shown in Fig. 4.

In employing a pad of the character hereinbefore set forth, the number of the fabric layers required is greatly reduced, the same, moreover, do not require such frequent replacement; and, when necessary to replace the fabric, such replacement is much more readily effected. The large condensing surface afforded by the numerous springs will effect a rapid drying of the fabric; and, in view of the absence of a steam `heated bed plate, a much longer life is insured to the same. The absence of such heated bed plate, furthermore, also renders the Working with a pad of this charactermuch more agreeable. The resiliency of the pad is maintained at all times by the aforesaid construction; and the additional provision for accommodating the buttons-and the like, after the machine has applied the maximum pressure, insures against the breakage of even the heaviest of buttons.

In case of damage to a spring of the pad, the same may be readily and quickly repaired by removing the defective one and substituting a new spring; and, in fact, the pad as a Whole may be removed and another substituted therefor With but an insignificant loss of time.

1. An ironing pad for laundry pressing machines, comprising: a base plate; a plurality of adjacent springs supported thereby; suitable caps for said springs; and a fabric top 'supported by said caps. r 2. An ironing pad for laundry pressing machines, comprising: a base plate; a plurality of adjacentspriiigs supported thereby; perforated caps for said springs; and a fabric top supported by said caps.

3. An ironing pad for laundry pressing machines,comprisingz a base plate; a plurality of adjacent springs supported thereby; caps for said springs; a porous fabric coverinv for said ca s and s rin s' and a 0f course, considerable moisture day of July, A,

acetato? fabric ironing top over said porous lcovering and supported by said caps. j

4. An ironing pad for laundry pressing machines, comprising: a base plate; a plurality of adjacent springs supported thereby; caps for said springs; a porous fabric covering for said caps and springs; a fabric ironing top over said porous covering and supported by said caps; and means to remove moisture from said pad.

5. An ironing pad for laundry pressing machines, comprising: a base plate; a plurality of adjacent receptacles secured thereto; suitable ysprings seated therein; caps for said springs; and a fabric top supported by said caps.

6. An ironing pad for laundry pressing machines, comprising: a perforated base plate; a pluralityl of adjacent, perforated receptacles secured thereto and the perforations thereof registering with those of the base plate; suitable springsseated in said receptacles; perforated caps for said springs; and a fabric top supported by said caps.

7. An ironing pad`\for laundry'pressing machines, comprising: a., base plate; a plurality of adjacent springs supported thereby; suitable caps for said springs; a curved V neck piece fitted over the neck port-ionof said pad; and a fabric top over said curved neck piece and supported by said caps.

8. An ironing pad for laundry pressing machines, comprising: a base'plate; a plurality of' adjacent springs supported thereby; suitable caps for said springs; a curved, angular neck piece fittedk over the neck portion of said pad; and a fabric top over said curved neck piece and supported by said caps.

9. An ironing pad for laundry pressing machines, comprising: a base plate; a 'plurality of adjacent springs supported thereby; suitable caps for said springs; a perforated, curved, angular neck piece fitted over the neck portion of said pad; and a fabric top over said curved neck piece and supported by said caps.

Signed at New York, in the c ounty of New York, and State of 'New York,tliis 3rd D. i912. l C. EDWIN HAMILTON. LWitnesses:

FRI-ink.V F. Sci-IUETZ, LAURA E. SMITH. 

